![]() Here’s hoping the 2021 playoffs reflect the kind of soul-searching we would expect a moment like this to present to the NHL’s on-ice officials. ![]() The vagaries of how officials call games has long been a bugaboo for the NHL, especially in the playoffs where standards employed in calling penalties vary from period to period, game to game, series to series. Scott Burnside, senior writer: The NHL’s swift and harsh punishment of Peel should be a stark reminder to all officials that every game, indeed every period and every shift, is its own entity and should be called based on the facts presented on the ice not any kind of external circumstances. Are there any big-picture ramifications from this incident? The Predators killed Arvidsson’s penalty and won 2-0, but the hot-mic moment hung over the game. Predators television analyst Chris Mason went as far as calling it a dive on the part of Merrill. The replay seemed to back up his reaction. Peel announced the penalty.ĭon’t give the NHL credit for firing referee Tim Peel - demand moreĪdam Vingan, Predators beat writer: Predators forward Arvidsson was incredulous after being penalized for tripping Merrill, the Red Wings defenseman, early in the second period. Peel and Kelly Sutherland were the referees assigned to the game, which the Predators went on to win 2-0. ![]() I’ve always been frustrated when I see even-up calls." I don’t think there’s a place in hockey for that. That can happen, right? That can happen based on - that’s not out of the realm of possibility. "Imagine the scenario where they score on that power play, we lose the game and we miss the playoffs by a point. I just think it can’t happen," Predators forward Matt Duchene said on the ‘Robby & Rexrode’ show on ESPN radio Wednesday morning. "He told our bench that, so I mean, really bizarre. He has worked more than 1,300 regular-season games and 90 playoff games, according to the NHL Officials Association website.Īfter Viktor Arvidsson was called for tripping Jon Merrill on Tuesday, a voice was heard on the broadcast saying, "It wasn't much, but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the …" before the audio cut out. ![]() Peel was due to retire at the end of the season with his final game scheduled for late April. On Wednesday morning, the NHL announced that Peel, a veteran of nearly 1,400 games in the regular and postseason (and two Blackhawks outdoor games), would no longer be working games this season or in the future.Referee Tim Peel will no longer work NHL games "now or in the future" after his comments about a Nashville penalty were heard on a hot mic during Tuesday's Red Wings– Predators game, the league announced on Wednesday. Essentially admitting that he was purposefully making up a call against the Predators to even out the calls with Detroit. Peel can be heard saying he, “It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a f*****g penalty against Nashville early-” before the mic cuts out. "It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the…" #Preds #LGRW /6fZImkdqLr Maybe if you're a mic'd up ref, you shouldn't express how you wanted to call a penalty against a team earlier in the game, changing how you ref the rest of the game. * UDATE: Peel was not talking to another referee, but rather Flilp Forsberg and the Nashville bench, according to Matt Duchene. Although his words were a little different… During Tuesday night’s game between the Detroit Red Wings and Nashville Predators, Referee Tim Peel, a 22-year veteran NHL referee, was caught on a “hot mic” saying to another referee that he had made a make-up call on the Predators.
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